Former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was granted interim bail on Thursday, 20 December, by Delhi’s Patiala House Court in the IRCTC scam cases filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
The RJD chief appeared in the court through video conferencing.
A charge sheet was filed against Lalu, wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav and others in a money-laundering case related to the 2006 IRCTC hotels maintenance contract.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a charge sheet before Special Judge Arvind Kumar on 24 August.
The CBI in April filed the charge sheet in the IRCTC hotels maintenance contract case against 12 people and two companies.
The case relates to alleged irregularities in the allotment of contracts of two IRCTC hotels in Ranchi and Puri to a private firm in 2006, allegedly involving a bribe in the form of a three-acre commercial plot in Patna district.
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